Rei Kodan, winner of the most prestigious literary award in Japan, revealed that the generative artificial intelligence program “Chat GPT” took over the writing of about 5 percent of her novel about a future climate, considering that it helped her demonstrate her abilities in the field of writing.
Kodan's latest novel, "Tokyo-to Dojo-to" (meaning "Tower of Mercy in Tokyo"), won the Akutagawa Prize on Wednesday, as the jury considered that it "reaches such a degree of perfection that it is difficult to find any flaw in it."
But Ri Kudan (33 years old) admitted during a celebration that she used “all the capabilities of artificial intelligence to write this book,” explaining that “about 5 percent of the book consists of sentences generated by artificial intelligence,” which she reported verbatim.
Concern is increasing in various sectors, including publishing, regarding the artificial intelligence tool launched in 2022, which can produce texts on demand in a few seconds.
Artificial intelligence appears repeatedly in Kudan's book, which takes place in a future Tokyo, and deals with a tower-shaped prison designed by an architect disturbed by society's excessive tolerance.
Kudan noted that she is constantly having conversations with the AI tool, telling it her very private thoughts that she cannot “talk about with anyone else,” adding that GBT Chat’s responses sometimes inspired dialogues in the novel.
She explained that she wants to maintain “good relations” with artificial intelligence and “unleash its creativity.”
The organization responsible for the Akutagawa Prize did not want to comment on these statements in response to a question from Agence France-Presse.
Opinions were divided on social media, as some considered that what Kudan did was not permissible in terms of ethics.
One user on X noted that she "skillfully wrote a novel using artificial intelligence," but asked, "Is this a talent? I don't know."
Others praised the novelist's ingenuity and the efforts she made during her conversations with artificial intelligence to extract texts.
Books listing ChatGBT as a co-author are available for sale through Amazon's e-book self-publishing service, but they are generally considered to be of poor quality.
At the end of 2023, British writer Salman Rushdie considered that a short text created in his style by artificial intelligence was invalid and “should be thrown away.”
A number of writers, including George R.R. Martin (“Game of Thrones”), have also filed suits against the California startup OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, accusing it of violating their copyrights.
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